Bars along NH: VM Sudheeran to file review petition

VM Sudheeran has said the recent Supreme Court order, exempting city limits from the 500-metre restriction for liquor vends along highways, has taken the soul out of its original order.TNN | August 28, 2017, 14:17 IST

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Former KPCC president VM Sudheeran has said the recent Supreme Court order, exempting city limits from the 500-metre restriction for liquor vends along highways, has taken the soul out of its original order.

"I would approach the apex court with a review petition and I hope the court will re-examine the verdict," he said in a Facebook post on Sunday. Sudheeran also warned a mass movement against the state government, 'which is hell-bent on doing anything for the liquor lobby discarding people's interests and welfare'.

The order, issued in last December, imposing ban on liquor outlets within 500 metre limits of national and state highways and the successive order in March giving further clarifications had been welcomed across the country, Sudheeran said. "Only liquor shop owners and those state governments who supported were disturbed by the judgement. Kerala government was in the forefront among those who ventured out to sabotage the SC verdict in all crooked ways," he alleged.

The state government, he said, had tried to permit liquor outlets along Kannur-Kuttippuram, and Cherthala-Thiruvananthapuram national highways by de-notifying the roads' status, 'which did not materialise due to the High Court's intervention'.

Sudheeran, also said the Supreme Court had only considered the Chandigarh administration's petition while giving the latest verdict. "It does not mean the verdict is applicable to other cities. Besides, the court had dismissed the plea from bar owners in Kerala for exemption from the order issued in March," he added.

Sponsored Stories

Subscribe to our Newsletters

The move is expected to give Domino's an edge over rival pizza brands and QSR chains, but some experts warned that it may prove to be a tough promise to live up to and raised concern that it would put unnecessary pressure on delivery boys.